Shakespeare and Donne

Generic Hybrids and the Cultural Imaginary

Edited by Judith H. Anderson and Jennifer C. Vaught

A Fordham University Press Publication

In considering a dramatist who incorporates poetry into his plays together with a poet whose poems sometimes sound like dramatic monologues, this book contributes to the revival of interest in form and genre, through the lens of hybridity.

Shakespeare and Donne are both taught in virtually every university in the country. This book will give teachers new approaches to their work.

Shakespeare and Donne

Generic Hybrids and the Cultural Imaginary

Edited by Judith H. Anderson and Jennifer C. Vaught

A Fordham University Press Publication

Description

Centering on cross-fertilization between the writings of Shakespeare and Donne, the essays in this volume examine relationships that are broadly cultural, theoretical, and imaginative. They emphasize the intersection of physical dimensions of experience with transcendent ones, whether moral, intellectual, or religious. They juxtapose lyric and sermons interactively with narrative and plays.

Shakespeare and Donne

Generic Hybrids and the Cultural Imaginary

Edited by Judith H. Anderson and Jennifer C. Vaught

A Fordham University Press Publication

Reviews and Awards

"Because of the compartmentalization of literary criticism, we have been largely blind to the many points of intellectual and artistic contact between the two greatest English love poets of the later sixteenth- and early seventeenth centuries, Shakespeare and Donne. This remarkable collection of highly original essays changes that. It also changes the field of English Renaissance studies."-Gordon Teskey, Harvard University

"Essays on links between the two early modern writers; topics include Donne, Shakespeare, and the interrogative conscience." -The Chronicle Review